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Drugs control and industry departments to share a common e-platform

...ies of all its departments under one umbrella. The portal is being developed by Tata Consultancy Services (T... 11% stake has agreed to allow TCS to maintain the portal for the next seven years. The revenue model for the portal is being worked out. // The entire servi...

Good bacteria to rescue of colitis patients

... get help from a bacteria mixture, reports science portal www.eurekalert.org. Richard Fedorak, a professor of gastroenterology at the University of Alberta, and researchers from the University of Bologna in Italy and the University of North Carolina administered probiotic bacteria mixture VSL#3 over a six-...

Monkeys offer genetic clues to adult blindness

...p treat blindness in older adults, reports science portal www.eurekalerts.org. Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in older adults, yet researchers are still in the dark about many factors that cause this incurable disease. William W. Dawson, professor of ophthalmology and ...

Exposure to tobacco smoke causes genetic damage in fetus

...t is the same kind of damage, according to science portal EurekAlert. Grant's study reports that both active maternal smoking and secondary maternal exposure result in similarly increased rates of genetic mutation that are basically indistinguishable, it said. "These kinds of mutations are likely to hav...

Psychological Stress Delays Wound Healing

...of wounds by more than 45 percent, reports science portal eurekalert.org. A range of cell and genetic changes accounted for the slow recovery, it said. "The cells that help remake tissue didn't differentiate the way they would have in normal animals. They didn't line up the way they were supposed to. An...

Wound healing affected by Psychological stress

...of wounds by more than 45 percent, reports science portal eurekalert.org. A range of cell and genetic changes accounted for the slow recovery, it said. "The cells that help remake tissue didn't differentiate the way they would have in normal animals. They didn't line up the way they were supposed to. ...

A Protein That Increases Risk Of Tumours

... mice exposed to a carcinogen, reports the science portal eurekAlert. The study compared the effect of urethane, a lung-specific carcinogen, on two sets of mice -- wild-type mice, which have two functional genes that express Bcl-xL, and transgenic mice that have only one functional gene expressing the prot...

Brain Plays Vital Role In Maintaining Bone Density

...in, has been known for many years, reports science portal EurekAlert. The researchers were able to demonstrate that the proper loss or generation balance in bone tissue is regulated by the level of activity of interleukin 1 in the brain. A normal, optimal level of interleukin 1 activity in the brain is req...

Genetic Tests Could Become As Affordable As Blood Tests

...n filled with other pieces of DNA, reports science portal Science Central. "They are supposed to be the future of diagnostics, whereby you use these to analyse all of your genetic information, that allows you to be able to tell which are your genetic diseases or to diagnose cancer very early on," says Stel...

Cardiac bypass seems to be favoring men more than women

...ely to die after CABG than men, reports the health portal Med Page Today. Researchers say factors that may help to explain the poor outcomes in women include the effects of body fat composition, which renders tissues and blood vessels less likely to heal and more likely to dissect. They added that much re...

New Vaccination For Smokers To Quit Smoking

...g leaving the smoker // with no kick, reports news portal Annanova. The anti-nicotine injection, CYT002 - NicQb, patented by Swiss pharmaceutical firm Cytos, works by building antibodies in the blood that stop nicotine from getting to the brain, it said. The vaccine has so far proved to be successful as i...

Reliance Infocomm Tied With Apollo To Provide Telemedicine Services

...tal. Patient information will be reviewed on the portal and an appointment will be given with the appropri...The opinion is recorded in the Apollo Telemedicine portal and a printout given to the patient at the WebWorld store at the end of the videoconference. "Apart...

Left-handedness Increase The Risk Of Breast Cancer

... women born between 1932 and 1941, reports science portal EurekAlert. They recorded body measurements and risk factors such as social and economic status, smoking habits, family history of breast cancer, and reproductive history. They found that left-handed women were more than twice as likely to develop...

Scientists Have Found A Way To Make Junk Food Healthier

...ourless off-white coloured powder, reports science portal EurekAlert. The alginate was proved to strengthen mucus, the body's natural protection of the gut wall. It could slow down digestion and the uptake of nutrients in the body. The alginate is high in fibre and has proved to be palatable and safe, an...

Air Pollution Can Cause Heart Attack

...g coal and also from forest fires, reports science portal EurekAlert. Evidence shows that both short- and long-term exposure to these particulates is associated with death from cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses, and more specifically from myocardial infarction, it says. Additionally, this research...

Smokers Face The Risk Of Getting Diabetes

...cipants in a major national study, reports science portal EurekAlert. They compared the incidence of diabetes after five years among smokers and among those who had never smoked. Twenty-five percent of participants who smoked and did not have diabetes when the study began had developed diabetes five years...

Children Of Smokers Start Smoking Early

...igh-crime Seattle neighbourhoods, reports science portal EurekAlert. "Keeping children from smoking starts with parents and their behaviour. Some parents say they disapprove of teenage smoking, but continue to smoke themselves," said Karl Hill, director of the University of Washington's Seattle Social Dev...

Hepatitis B A high cause of Asian Female Mortality

...le ratios in many Asian countries, reports science portal EurekAlert. Hepatitis B is common in many Asian countries, particularly China, where some 10 to 15 percent of the population is infected. Oster presents new evidence in the forthcoming issue of the Journal of Political Economy that carriers of the...

Frequent Vacations Ease Mental Stress

...hic area in central Wisconsin, US, reports science portal EurekAlert. The study conducted between 1996 and 2001 compared psychological stress, quality of marital life and disruptive home life due to work pressures among a group of women who took vacations frequently and those who did not. The researchers...

Regular light exercise slows down aging of the brain

...ovement at the end of experiments, reports science portal EurekAlert. More active rats were found to have fewer byproducts of oxidative stress in their brains. Fats known as lipids that help stabilisestabilize cell membranes, and DNA, the molecule that contains our the genetic blueprint, both better withs...

Food Habits Could Change Your Genes

...n or off certain genes in rodents, reports science portal EurekAlert. The new research was conducted in the lines of a two-year-old study, which showed that the activity of a mouse's genes could be influenced by food supplements eaten by its mother just prior to or during the early stage of pregnancy. This...

Adult Kids Of Alcoholic Mothers Face Health Risk

...he world's longest health studies, reports science portal EurekAlert. They studied 2,551 Brisbane mothers and their children at six months, five years, 14 and 21 years of age. Alati said they found teenage children of mothers who drank one or more drinks a day had a twofold risk of problem drinking in y...

Infectious Diseases of the Wild to grow

...le in the British Medical Journal, reports science portal EurekAlert. One of the major drivers for these diseases is closer human contact with wildlife, primarily caused by human encroachment into, and modification of, wildlife habitat, he writes. For example, Ebola virus outbreaks often are linked to hun...

Causes Of Common Depression Identified

... enrolled at 14 universities, according to science portal EurekAlert. Preliminary results from this seven-year project, STAR-D (Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression), show that chronic depressive episodes are common and are associated with factors like poor physical health, low quality of...

Obesity: Digestive Disorders Come In The Way Of Exercise

...tly affect individuals who are overweight, science portal EurekAlert reported. The researchers studied nearly 1,000 men and women participating in a randomized trial evaluating three weight-loss programs in Minnesota. People in the study reported experiencing a variety of problems: 19 percent said they ha...

Moderate Exercise Is Good For The Heart: Study

...mill. They significantly lived longer, the science portal EurekAlert reported. The exercise protocol, the equivalent of daily, leisurely strolls in humans, extended the life expectancy of the rat study group by at least 10 percent to 15 percent. "Assuming the results are applicable to humans, low-intensit...

Cholesterol; Can Be Reduced By Sunflower Seeds, and Pistachios

...e the most comprehensive analysis to date, science portal EurekAlert reported. They found that pistachios and sunflower kernels had the highest levels of phytosterols among nuts and seeds most commonly consumed as snack foods in the US. Sesame seed and wheat germ actually ranked highest, but are not consu...

Magnesium In Diet Strengthens Bones

...ot the least amount of magnesium, reported science portal EurekAlert. Magnesium is found in many green vegetables including spinach, collards, dandelion greens, peas, parsley, garlic, celery, cauliflower and cabbage. Besides they are also found in brussel sprouts, asparagus, beetroot, sweet corn, avocado...

Saliva Can Now Be Used For Hepatitis C Test

...ine to filter out waste products, reported science portal SciDev Net. Such patients have a high incidence of Hepatitis C. The researchers reported 100 percent success at detecting Hepatitis C in the saliva of patients who had symptoms of the disease. This is comparable to the results of testing serum. I...

Nicotine Vaccine May Help Smokers To Quit Smoking

...otine from entering the brain, reported the health portal HealthDayNews. This process potentially reduces the pleasurable effects from smoking and reduces the addiction to nicotine, it said. The vaccine appears to be a safe, well tolerated and potentially effective aid in helping people quit smoking, the r...

Ward Off Aging With A Low-Calorie Nutritional Diet

...trition may delay primary aging in humans, science portal world-science.net reported. The study, to appear in the Jan 17 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, claims to be the first to associate a low calorie diet with delayed signs of aging in humans. The researchers compared 25 p...

Risk Of AIDS Rises With Vaginal Washes

...re likely to be infected with HIV, reports science portal SciDev.Net. It has long been thought the practice would increase women's susceptibility to HIV by stripping away the vagina's natural protection against infection and making it easier for the virus to enter cells. However, Robin Shattock, professo...

Planning Permission Delayed In Scotland

.... He said that they have introduced an Internet portal system where the processing of the application is done online to facilitate the easy submission of the required documents....

Coffee lovers: Here is news to cheer, Coffee may lower diabetes

...f type-2 diabetes. The study appears in the health portal News-Medical. The statistical relation that springs from the study is that one cup of coffee a day equated to a 13 percent reduction of type 2 diabetes risk, compared with 42 percent reduction for two to three cups a day and 47 percent reduction fo...

Excessive Belly Fat Could Increase Risk Of Gallstones In Women

...ime, none of them had had gallstones, reported the portal HealthCentral. As part of the study, the women provided waist and hip measurements and details of their normal diet. Reporting in the Feb 13 online issue of Gut, the researchers found that nearly 3,200 of the women needed to undergo gallstone surger...

Vitamin C Supplementation Reduces Cancer Risk In Smokers

...ent destruction of lung membranes, reported health portal HealthDay. But, through this protective process Vitamin E can itself become a destructive radical, the scientists said. Researchers found that giving smokers 1,000 milligrams per day of Vitamin C could reduce by up to 45 percent the rate of disappe...

Burn Injuries More Common In Small Boys

...f the injured children were boys, reported science portal EurekAlert. The study said 80 percent of the injuries were scalds, with 71 percent of those caused by hot liquids and 29 percent caused by hot food. Many of them happened because children tried to reach up and pull hot food or liquid off a stove. ...

Fetal Development Face The Threat By Frequent Ultrasounds

...nd even the developing baby's sex, reported health portal HealthCentral. Although ultrasounds are generally safe, they can affect developing tissues and may cause a rise in fetal temperature, the report said quoting FDA. Besides, prenatal images being marketed for non-medical reasons are often done by ...

Diabetes cure can be achieved using pig islets

...nor (pig) pancreas and transplanting them into the portal vein of the liver in people with diabetes. Then the transplanted islets will sense blood glucose levels and release the appropriate amount of insulin to control blood glucose in the body. After transplantation these patients do not require insulin in...

New Biosensor Developed To Detect E. Coli Bacteria

... a silicon chip and a digital camera, says science portal EurekAlert. "Traditional methods of detection of bacteria can take days but the biosensor developed by them could take as much time as it takes for a snapshot," said lead researcher Benjamin Miller. The Rochester team called the technology "array...

Chocolate milk may Be Good For Athletes

...e mix may further hasten recovery, reported health portal WebMD. The new study, published in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism counter the notion that high-tech, expensive supplements are better than whole foods when it comes to athletic performance, it said. A team of ...

World population To Be Seven billion in Six Years

...6 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, reported the science portal Live Science. With an average of 4.4 people added to the population every second, the world will be home to seven billion people six years from now.//According to a report issued by the International Programmes Centre at the US census Bureau in Marc...

Marijuana Compound Offers Hope In Diabetic Retinopathy Prevention

...n loss in a diabetic patient, reported the science portal EurekAlert. He hoped the compound in marijuana may one day be given along with insulin to stop the early changes that set the stage for damaged or destroyed vision. --Edited IANS...

Sudden Emotional Stress Could Lead To Heart Problems

...sing severe heart muscle weakness, reported health portal Health Central. Doctors call the condition stress cardiomyopathy, but it's often described to patients as "broken heart syndrome". It's usually treatable, and it rarely causes permanent damage, they said. --Edited IANS...

Erectile Dysfunction Can Be Rectified By Healthy Way Of Life

... and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), health portal Health Day News reported. The study, the first with national data on the prevalence of ED in the US, suggests that lifestyle intervention, such as exercise and diet, may be an effective treatment. "ED varies by age, with five percent of men aged ...

Exposure To Antibiotics Very Early Could Lead To Asthma In Children

...h case antibiotics are not useful, reported health portal MedPage Today. -Edited IANS...

Good Diet Can Be An Alternate To Drugs In Lowering Cholesterol

...ght to help lower cholesterol, reported the health portal Health Day News. The participants, including 66 women and men, averaging just over 59 years of age, were told to follow the diet for a year and keep records of what they ate. They met every two months with the researchers to discuss their progre...

Women With Urinary Incontinence More Likely To Develop Depression

...nto researchers in Psychosomatics, reported health portal WebMD. 'It is imperative that women with either condition be screened for the other, no matter what their age group might be,' the researchers said. Between 10 percent and 50 percent of all women experience urinary incontinence at some point in t...

Novel Metal Detector To Measure Zinc Level In Humans

...stroke and other health problems, reported science portal EurekAlert. Just two to three grams of zinc (the weight of a penny coin) exist in the entire human body. It is a key building block in enzymes and other substances involved in the functioning of the nervous system, immune responses and the reproduc...

Biological Clock Could Be Re-Set: Study

...wn that this clock can be re-set, reported science portal EurekAlert. The body clock is an internal mechanism in organisms that controls the periodicity of various functions or activities, such as metabolic changes, sleep cycles or photosynthesis. Glass, known internationally as the first researcher to ...

Attempting Of Suicide In Children Of Men With Stressful Job Is High

...sh Columbia - and their children, reported science portal EurekAlert. They collected data on the men's history of employment, their physical work environment and their psychosocial work conditions - these included the level of responsibility, control over everyday tasks and time constraints, which govern...

Elders Can Keep Themselves Fit By Doing More Exercise

...get the harder we have to work to keep fit, health portal News-Medical.net reported. Seniors it seems may have to work harder than young people to perform the same physical activity, but regular exercise may close that age gap, they said. According to Levy it is unclear as yet how intensely people need ...

Smoking and Drinking Could Lead Colorectal Cancer

...nosed in people in their late 60s, reported health portal HealthDay News. Researchers led by Dr. Hemant K. Roy, an associate professor of gastroenterology at Northwestern University, studied 161,172 patients with colorectal cancer. They found that drinking or smoking, and smoking plus drinking, were asso...

Organ Donation Crusader Passes Away

...s suffering from Budd Chiari Syndrome. This causes portal hypertension and liver failure due to blockage of vein between the liver and the body. This blockage results in congestion of liver resulting in its fibrosis. For this she had undergone a TIPS shunt in the London about 3 years ago. After the shunt pr...

Brainteaser Sudoku Games On Mobile Phones

... Airtel customer can log on to the Airtel Live WAP portal and click on the Sudoku link, which will initiate the application download procedure. One can also SMS the keyword SUDOKU to 646." The initial download will come free and will be pre-loaded with a Sudoku puzzle. Upon completing the first puzzle, th...

Menopause in Women May Cause Depression

... a problem that can be managed, reports the health portal WebMd. Lee S. Cohen and other researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital studied 460 Boston women aged 36 to 45 for up to six years and found strongest evidences that hormonal changes may be at least partially to blame for it. The studied...

Ovary removal to lead to Dementia

...who did not undergo ovary removal, reported health portal WebMD. Rocca's team determined whether the women developed dementia by interviewing a family member or by giving the women a test over the phone. "If before age 46 you remove two ovaries, you get a 70 percent increased risk of dementia. And we di...

Breast Cancer Death Rate Higher Among Those Who Are Socially Isolated

...in whether they survive the disease, reported news portal All Headline News. The study appearing in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found that socially isolated women, including those with few relatives or friends, were 66 percent more likely to die from all causes and twice as likely to die from breast ...

Sleeping Position Speaks A Lot About The Couples Relationship

...c. Christoph Schraivogel, who runs the Internet portal www.schlafkampagne.de, is convinced that it is wishful thinking that two people can sleep restfully under one cover. And there are good reasons for that. "For many people, closeness during sleep is simply uncomfortable and it affects peaceful sl...

Obesity Is Linked To Loss Of Sleep In Children

...one interviews with their parents, reported health portal News-Medical.Net. Through body mass index measurement, the researchers determined that 20 percent of the boys and 24 percent of the girls were overweight. The risk of becoming overweight is 3.5 times higher in children who get less sleep than 10...